Shopped around and these were recommended at a number of sites. I'm a big fan of the 30 day demo, and I was sold on these on the first day.

I demoed a few other systems and stopped by a few brick and mortars, but neither sound nor service was matched in this price range.

I'm running these with a Denon 891 receiver along with a HSU VTF 1. Very happy with the setup, and when I'm ready to upgrade I will certainly be coming back here for a demo!

I've owned a pair of the Verus Grand Bookshelf speakers since they first came out. They're mounted on the stands from Aperion and I drive them with an Onkyo amp. The look is high class and the sound is a match. After going on vacation and watching TV on crappy TV speakers it's fun to come home and get shocked by how good these speakers really are again. I listen to a lot of varieties of music. IMO, I think these shine best at moderate volume levels on tracks where detail is important. Hearing a guitar strum on these speakers is really good!

Intro:
I am very impressed with these bookshelf speakers. Previously, I had tried out the Verus Forte Bookshelf speakers in my room and subsequently wrote a review about that pair. In my mind, there were a few shortcomings with the Forte bookshelves used as front left and right speakers. The Verus Grand Bookshelf speakers fix all of those issues and deliver a truly wonderful listening experience!

Setup:
Currently, I’m running a pair of these speakers as my main left and right speakers in my living room. I have them paired with a HSU VTF-15H subwoofer for the low end (crossed over at 80hz) and these are mated to a Marantz 6005 receiver. My listening area is about 13ft by 13ft, but the room is about 21 feet long by 13 feet wide. I’ve also had/have the Verus Forte Center and Verus Grand Center hooked up with these speakers, but this review will focus solely on the performance of the VGBs mated with the VTF-15H. I did spend quite a bit of time listening to just the VGBs and sub before I added a center to my system.

Listening Impressions:
These speakers do a good job at filling the room with sound. That was one of the shortcomings of the VFBs in my size room and the VGBs fix the issue entirely. They sounded as if a wall of sound was coming right at me!

As far as imaging goes, these speakers do a great job! Vocals come from dead center, while the various instruments are distributed along the width of the soundstage. It was very interesting to hear how instruments seemed to be located halfway between one of the speakers and the center of the room. It really made for a natural sounding and engaging experience! I found the same to be true with movies as well. The dialogue came through very clearly from the center and as things panned across the screen the various sounds seamlessly panned across the soundstage.

Sound quality, detail, and clarity are all amazing with these speakers. I don’t have much experience with many high end speakers, but it would be hard to not be impressed with these speakers. Voices sound natural, instruments are clear and distinct, I never noticed any instrument congestion in any of the songs I listened to. Everything came through very clearly and took its proper place in the soundstage.

As a final note to my listening impressions, I will add that I do not come from a musical background and can’t play any instruments to save my life. So I had a couple friends come over that have majored in music and play a variety of instruments to get their impressions on how these speakers sounded and if they presented accurate sound according to what they have had experience with. All of them left the listening session astounded at the clarity, detail, musical accuracy, and overall listening experience that these speakers provided.

Conclusion:
If you are looking for a competent speaker for music and movies that does what it is supposed to do, then the Verus Grand Bookshelf is for you. While they don’t dig very deep, pair these speakers with a competent subwoofer and you’ll have a system that really sounds superb. While my review of the Verus Forte Bookshelves contained thoughts on some room for improvement, I really have no such comments for the VGBs. They fill the room, sound great, image very well, and are built to last. You can’t go wrong with a pair of VGBs!

I recently purchased the Intimus 5b and 5c for my stereo and surround sound. They sounded good, but I think the experienced sparked my inner audiophile, and I wanted more. Aperion customer service is fantastic and as advertised, they paid to ship my speakers back to the company, and then sent me the Verus Grand Bookshelf speakers with the matching center speaker. This was a significant improvement, and along with my existing sub woofer, all I can say is wow! In the stereo mode, I listen to a wide variety of music and I am very much satisfied with the clarity, sound stage, and smoothness. My subwoofer fills in nicely, and you would think I have a beautiful set of towers if you close your eyes. In the movie mode, the center channel is very clear, and the speakers work wonderfully in unison. I have a pair of Aperion wireless Zona speakers for the rear channel, and all together this is a great system. Just do it!

My Verus Grand Bookshelves arrived a couple weeks ago and I have been quite pleased at both the quality of the sound (great midrange) and the packaging/care they arrived in. I think at this point the quality of the sound of these speakers has been established and I don't have much to add there. I am extremely pleased.

2 gripes:
The grilles on the front of the bookshelves don't fit great (they fit perfectly on the VGC). On the bookshelves once I got the grilles off (difficult!) I had a very difficult time getting them back on. I called customer service and they advised that I very slightly bend the metal to fit better. While this worked in making them "fit" it means they aren't flush with the speaker front anymore like I think they are designed to be. The quality control on the grill (not the rest of the speaker) seems to be a little off.

Second, in all the documentation it keeps referring to "see your speaker manual" for crossover settings for this speaker. There were none in the manual and I've had a very difficult time finding them online as well. SVS (where I got my sub) tells me that the crossover for the VGB is 100hz, but I can't find it on the aperion site anywhere.

Overall great sounding speakers, particularly for the size, with a couple small cosmetic/detail things lacking.

We purchased these speakers to go with our Verus Grand Center Channel Speaker and Grand Towers and the sound was out of this world. We listened to them in person before we purchased them, and they did not disappoint! We rate this speaker system best in show!

I read this term in expert and user reviews all the time, but it had never happened to me until I played the Verus Grand Bookshelf Speakers for the first time. I was shocked that such sound (and bass!) could come out of such small speakers. They hold their own against top-brand tower speakers that cost twice as much - I know because I tried a few of them.

So I've had the Verus bookshelf speakers hooked up to a new, but modest Denon receiver, 75 watts out to stereo speakers for the last two months. Music only.

First, I have to say I was worried the modest receiver wouldn't have enough power. But there has been no signs of clipping or harshness in any of the music I've played. Maybe, if I hooked them up to a more powerful amp I might notice an improvement.

But I've got a feeling it wouldn't be much of an improvement because what I'm hearing presently is a whole lot of beautiful music coming at me. And as is the case with all accurate and able speakers, the well recorded music sounds superb, but poorly recorded music is glaringly revealed as well. So I don't play the crappy sounding stuff, just as I only watch high-definition tv now.

I recall one professional reviewer and one user suggested something similar to the idea that there was "less air" between the individual instruments and voices. I just don't hear what they heard. I hear the individual instruments across a wide soundstage.

I've come to love these Verus bookshelf speakers. I was hoping these speakers would give me a level of sonic pleasure that would be a notch above the Paradigm monitor speakers that still capably perform in my home theatre.

The Aperions have given me what I wanted. They deliver a beautiful sound playing music. I highly recommend them.

I hooked my two verus grand bookselves to my new Pioneer VSX-1020 receiver in the bi-amp configuration for my home theatre/stereo system. These speakers are small but the sound is full, clear, even when I turn up the volume. The bass is surprisingly deep and clean. I don't have a subwoofer or center speaker yet but for now I am more than satisfied with this set up. I'll be adding a subwoofer next for the LFE but the bass as is certainly adequate as is. The speakers sound even fuller now that I've had them for a month just as advertised. Dialog is distinct whether watching the news or a DVD. The fact that the nice piano black finish meets the WAF(Wife approval factor) and matches my Samsung TV is an extra bonus.

I received my Verus speakers (a 5.1 system) on January 24, 2011. They were installed on January 26. First, the Aperion customer service I experienced was outstanding. That is to say, it was really outstanding. I do not have the expertise to evaluate the speakers on the basis of electronic and mechanical testing and measurement. However, based on my auditory perceptions, the entire Verus line of speakers produces the truest, clearest and most uncolored sound reproduction I have heard. I have a CD that is a remaster of a 50 year old recording of Beethoven's 9th. The sound quality created by the speakers is literally equal to being in the concert hall. My perception is that the clarity and purity of the sound created by the Verus speakers is at least the auditory equivalent Waterford Crystal. Every speaker in the set performs exquisitely. Hearing is believing.